hey guys my friends gto is very lightly smoking white/blue smoke at idle. at wot black smoke only comes out. theres no white smoke while driving normal or while reving the car. the car is cammed full exhaust with a fast 102 it has 69k miles. what do you guys think valve seals or piston rings or what?

Valve seals should be good for way over 100K miles, if the issue is in the heads with that few miles it's because the guides are smoked from poor geometry or an EGT/tune issue.

If you're getting black smoke when driving, it's very possible that you're running way too rich and have washed down the cylinders causing them to glaze and that's what is causing the oil smoke at idle.

Hey guys! It's my Gto that this is happening to. @ Hugemoose2005 yes few min after I stop driving. It Geary faint.@ machinistone the the heads and bottom end are stock just hpe mega death cam chuck tuned it. It's not a lot of black smoke looks like any other car iv seen when its at wot. I'm just praying that I Dnt have a problem with the rings. The car still pulls hard no power loss.

Hey guys.... I brought the car to the Dyno today and it smoked a wot my tuner took my v.r air filter off then then opens the t.b and there was fresh oil on the back of th t.b blade and inside the intake manifold. He said I need a catch can. What do u guys think? It blue smoked on some pulls an black smoked on some

hey guys my friends gto is very lightly smoking white/blue smoke at idle. at wot black smoke only comes out. theres no white smoke while driving normal or while reving the car. the car is cammed full exhaust with a fast 102 it has 69k miles. what do you guys think valve seals or piston rings or what?

Usually white smoke on start up,idle and under deceleration has to do with the valves,white smoke on wot runs has to do with rings.Since you have white smoke at idle and black smoke on wots there has to be two separate issues.Not connected to each other.

Valve seal. They are easy to damage on install especially if its your first time putting them in and don't know how far down or how hard to seat them.

The little springs can get stressed from the taps then unravel later. I found a little spring on my drain plug magnet with symptoms like yours after only 1,000 miles after install. I must have tapped that one down with too much mustard.

They should be easy to check if you have single valve springs. Double valve springs make it almost impossible. Pull plugs and start looking for oily or oil burnt plugs. Start at those cylinders for checking if the seals went south.

Ok guys while I'm waiting on this catch can iv been monitoring my car. I sprayed a hole can of t.b cleaner in the intake still very lightly smoking at idle. It doesn't smoke any on cold start just condensation, but after its hot it start to lightly smoke you have to really look to see. I had someone follow me they say a small puff of bluish smoke when I floored it while driving normal nothing 3 quarter throttle then in between shifts a little puff. The inside of the intake manifold I wet with oil but no big puddles but oil is there. I check my oil and its good. Also after I drove to work did a few 3rd gear pulls on the freeway to see if I was leaving a smoke screen needless to say I saw nothing in my rear view. So cruised the rest of the way to work. I got off the Fwy and stopped at a gas station, no smoke at idle, I let it idle there for a few min and it started very lightly smoking again. O.. and I have dual valve springs the seals where replaced about 7 months ago. I'm going to pull the plugs tomorrow.

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